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Health anxiety

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ArizonaTrashBag · 04/03/2020 20:55

I have always had bad anxiety, increasing after having kids. When I was pg with Ds4 I had a blood clot on my lung and was dxd with factor v leiden, but x2 genes which basically means I'm much more likely to get a clot than normal.
I went through a bad spell and went onto sertraline which definitely helped, however I put on a lot of weight comfort /binge eating. I gained 6stone in 2 years.

Ff to now and u game a pain in my leg. Its like an intermittent cramp when I'm walking. Logic treetops me it's cramp (I've been here many times) but all I can think is that I've gained weight, my blood has clotted and its like the dark cloud is back. Why I haven't lost the weight I donut know, god knows I've tried. I don't even know what my aim is of this past. Just hoping for some advice or understanding as I think I'm probably driving my family mad with 'made up' problems.

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InTheShadowOfTheMushroomCloud · 04/03/2020 21:33

Come and sit with me on my sofa....we can worry together

ArizonaTrashBag · 04/03/2020 22:29

Just wish I could get a grip. I was so pleased that the Coronavirus news hadn't sent me spiralling but this is making me feel awful. I've given myself a target to get to Friday and if its still bothering me then to go to gp. The plan is to put it out of my mind till then, easier said than done though

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InTheShadowOfTheMushroomCloud · 04/03/2020 22:33

Last week I woke up with chest pain and a feeling of my left bicep being squeezed hard. I lay there and it went.
It feels real but I just tell myself it's anxiety....and then I worry that one day it won't be bloody anxiety !

I can't win

Danigirl02002 · 05/03/2020 13:33

My anxiety these last few weeks has been the worst of my life. I feel the pain 😭

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